Using Castor Oil to Induce Labor

Castor Oil is often used to help start labor. It’s recommendedthat you take 2-4 oz. It doesn’t start labor in all pregnancies, and it those it does, the reasons why aren’t really clear. Thebasic thought is that the bowel contractions help stimulate theuterus to contract as well. There is also some believe that theoil helps in the production of prostaglandins. One thing everyone agrees on it that it tastes pretty bad.

Here are somesuggestions to help make it more palatable.

Castor oil is hard to taste scrambled into 2 or 3 eggs.

Drink oil straight followed immediately by hot apple juice.

Put the castor oil in 3-4 oz. of root beer, then place a palmover the glass, and shake it up HARD; then immediately guzzle allof the now-all-foamy rootbeer. It suspends the castor oil.

Add a couple of scoops of ice cream to the castor oil andorange juice.

Take one large glass of orange juice mix in three teaspoonfulof castor oil and one teaspoon of baking soda. This will make itfoamy, almost like a soda.